WBRZ - Baton Rouge

A 29-year-old Lake Charles woman has been sentenced to one year in prison for causing a fiery
two-vehicle accident in 2004 that led to the deaths of a woman and her 9-year-old daughter.

Heather Alford was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years, but Judge David Ritchie suspected 9 years of sentence on two counts of vehicular negligent homicide and one count each of vehicular negligent injuring and first-offense drunken driving.

The vehicular homicide charges stem from the deaths of 40-year-old Collette Fontenot and her daughter, Holly.

The vehicular negligent injuring charge stem from injuries suffered by 41-year-old Robert Fontenot, the driver of a Jeep that was rear-ended by Alford.

After Alford completes her time in prison she will be on five years of supervised probation.